This Gun for Hire (Region B) Charles Laughton To be strong enough to

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Packaged in a lavish gatefold sleeve with extensive notes and stills from the movie

Booklet reproduction of the film’s original pressbook

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This Gun for Hire (Region B) Charles Laughton To be strong enough toSYNOPSIS One of the most revered film noir hits of the 1940s, This Gun for Hire was also the debut teaming of Veronica Lake, in one of her sultriest and most iconic roles, and Alan Ladd. Following the success of the film, the duo would go on to team up in several more features, although This Gun for Hire remains their most fondly remembered pairing. Ladd as a frightening yet oddly sympathetic hit man was only fourth billed in this defining early noir,